Davie Will Lease Five Cars For Town Use

March 2, 1986|By Joe Kollin, Staff writer

DAVIE — The town has decided to lease five new cars to be used by various departments in an effort to reduce costs.

The Town Council approved a three-year contract last week with Avis Car Leasing of Miami. Under the contract, the town will pay $2,607 a year, plus 10 cents per mile over 15,000 miles a year, to lease the five compact cars.

Town Administrator Irv Rosenbaum said he prefers leasing cars.

``We only have so much capacity to service them,`` he said. ``We`ve done a number of studies and last year we experimented with undercover police vehicles. It came out substantially cheaper to lease.``

Rosenbaum said the town currently leases 11 cars.

Cars are pooled for use by various departments, including the building, recreation and utilities departments.

Avis was the lowest of three bidders for the town contract. Although the firm will charge 10 cents per mile over 15,000 miles a year, Town Clerk Patricia McDaniel said the town probably won`t be required to pay because maximum mileage on each probably won`t be more than 10,000 to 12,000 miles per year.